We’re officially halfway through the fantasy season which means we’re not too far away from crowning this year’s most accurate expert. Judging by how tight the standings are, the competition is still anyone’s to win and we should be in for an exciting second half as the experts duke it out.
Before we get too far ahead of ourselves, though, let’s check out how the experts did in week 8. We’ll examine which experts did the best job with their picks and also take a look at how the Year-to-Date leaderboard is shaping up.
Week 8 Accuracy Results
View all accuracy scores (131 experts) | Combine top experts into consensus rankings
Top 10 Experts – Overall Leaderboard | ||
Rank | Expert | PAY™ |
1. | Staff Rankings – FFLockerRoom | 64.1% |
2. | Michael Fabiano – NFL.com | 63.1% |
3. | Ernie Estrella – Bruno Boys | 63.0% |
4. | Michael Pichan – RotoInfo | 62.6% |
5. | Walter Cherepinsky – Walter Football | 62.2% |
6. | Walton Spurlin – Fantasy Sharks | 61.1% |
7. | R.J. White – FFCafe | 60.8% |
8. | Alessandro Miglio – Pro Football Focus | 60.1% |
9. | Site Rankings – Bloomberg Sports | 59.7% |
10. | Staff Rankings – RosterWatch | 59.6% |
Congrats to the crew at FFLockerRoom for delivering week 8’s best advice. The staff was particularly impressive at the QB position, where they ranked 9 out of the top 10 fantasy performers as well or better than the Expert Consensus. This includes giving a top 3 ranking to Cam Newton (271 yards 3 TDs). The rating was Cam’s highest of all 131 experts monitored. The FFLockerRoom staff was also among the roughly 18% of experts that correctly had Andy Dalton (325 yards, 5 TDs) slotted as a QB1-caliber player. It didn’t hurt FFLockerRoom’s cause either that they steered away from recommending Michael Vick due to his questionable health. Only 4 out of the 135 experts we tracked went lower on their ranking (QB #13) for Vick. Considering that Vick scored negative points against the Giants, this was sound advice.
FFLockerRoom had more than a few notable WR hits as well. Their ranking (WR #31) of Marvin Jones (4 TDs) was 17 spots above the Expert Consensus. Only 5 experts had a higher opinion on the Cincinnati receiver. They also had Emmanuel Sanders rated 15 spots ahead of the consensus. That turned into a nice sleeper pick as Sanders posted top 10 WR numbers for the week. Lastly, the FFLockerRoom staff took a flier on Leonard Hankerson (+25 spots vs. consensus) in a matchup (@ Denver) that was anticipated to be a shootout. That pick also worked out as Hankerson hauled in his first TD catch since week 1.
Peak Performers
We also want to give kudos to the experts that did the best job of ranking week 8′s peak performers. Below are several important players that came through beyond expectations for fantasy owners along with the experts who delivered their top ranking. You can click on each player’s name to view the rankings of every expert we tracked.
Consensus: WR #48
Best Rank: WR #23
Actual Rank: WR #2
Top Expert: Brian Flood (Sports Illustrated)
Consensus: WR #51
Best Rank: WR #29
Actual Rank: WR #3
Top Expert: Adam Rank (NFL.com)
Consensus: WR #33
Best Rank: WR #19
Actual Rank: WR #4
Top Expert: KJ (Fantasy Team Advice)
Consensus: RB #19
Best Rank: RB #11
Actual Rank: RB #1
Top Expert: Maurile Tremblay (FootballGuys)
Consensus: RB #13
Best Rank: RB #8
Actual Rank: RB #2
Top Expert: Dave Major (XN Sports)
Consensus: QB #14
Best Rank: QB #9
Actual Rank: QB #2
Top Expert: KFFL Staff
Consensus: TE #22
Best Rank: TE #11
Actual Rank: TE #2
Top Expert: Anita Marks (Bleacher Report) & Mike Krueger (FFToday)
Year-to-Date Accuracy
View all accuracy scores (128 experts) | Combine top experts into consensus rankings
Top 10 Experts – Overall Leaderboard | ||
Rank | Expert | PAY™ |
1. | Jordan Tozzi – Legion Report | 60.9% |
2. | Sablich Brothers – The New York Times | 60.5% |
3. | Jake Ciely – RotoExperts | 60.4% |
4. | Mike Clay – Pro Football Focus | 60.4% |
5. | Mike Tagliere – Tags Fantasy Football | 60.3% |
6. | Sean Morris – Bruno Boys | 60.3% |
7. | Patrick Daugherty – Rotoworld | 60.2% |
8. | Christopher Harris – ESPN | 60.1% |
9. | Michael Fabiano – NFL.com | 59.9% |
10. | Joseph Dolan – Fantasy Guru | 59.9% |
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We’ll be back again after week 9 with another recap of how the experts are doing with their predictions. Best of luck to everyone this week!